Saturday, November 8, 2008

A great gift for that person in your life that wants to be green is a bag from act 2 Green Smart. The exterior fabric is 100% recycled PET polyester and the interior fabric is also 100% recycled PET polyester. PET is plastic bottle, and they are one of the biggest enviromental disasters today. In the United states alone, 230 bottles per person go to landfill per year. That's enough crushed bottles to fill the Rose Bowl Stadium in California every two weeks! These bottles, which are made from petroleum , find their way into landfills, rivers, lakes and roadsides. And they never decompose.act2GreenSmart thinks that this is unacceptable. The technology exists today to convert bottles into high quality, durable fabrics which look and perform equal to their virgin counterparts. All of Act2 fabrics are made from 100% certified post-consumer PET bottles. You get a top quality product made from one of the world's most durable fabrics, polyester, AND save the planet at the same time. If you would like to see a step by step process of how you can turn plastic bottles into bags go here.

To make this tote it took 10 - 16 oz. PET bottles. It saves 6,623 Btu or 1.9 kWh and it saved enough energy to power your laptop for 78 hours. Now how is that for going green?

Would you like to win an act2 GreenSmart tote of your own?

Just leave me a comment telling me how you do your part to be green. For a second entry add my button, and leave a separate comment.

I try to buy based on the amount of waste that I will NOT have to throw away. I also think outside the box. Chop sticks can be used as finger replacement for sewing. It saves my fingers. I can also use it to push fabric under the foot as I lower the foot.

I wash my clothes in cold water too. And I save all my plastic grocery sacks and reuse them. I am planning on getting some of the curly light bulbs and some fabric totes to put my groceries in. Thanks!

We wash everything in cold, we turn off the taps when brushing our teeth, we recycle everything that can be, we always bundle up under sweater, slippers and blankets (I never turn on the heat!!), we walk when we can and we unplug everything at night time!

I adore these totes! We recycle, use our own bags for groceries, we have extremely low flow on all our faucets and shower heads, I wash everything on cold and air dry when possible, I use ECO friendly products, and all our lighting is CFLs.

We recycle everything, we only do full loads of laundry, we stopped using paper plates and plastic silverware, we use real water bottles instead of plastic ones and we have turned our heat to a lower temperature this winter. Thanks!

I recycle everything. This year we tore down a trailer with double pane windows. We saved all of them and are replacing all our house windows. Our house was built in 1940. I think the windows were as old. We are insulating walls. Replaced the roof thats been leaking for 2 years. So far I have went thru a case of caulking. We're adding a bathroom and fitness room upstairs. All the bathroom fixtures is water efficient. I have cracked down on electric. Any thing with electronic lights are hooked to surge plugs we shut off. I open the curtains upstairs to the balony window for heat. I waste nothing, time, food, money. We are very smart shoppers. The list goes on and on. I'm the greenist you've ever seen.

I have been green for sometime now in most aspects of my life. The reason was to be more cost effective, and it just so happens that it ends up being green also. I reuse everything, I use florescent lighting because it saves me money, We don't use cell phones, we only use rechargeable batteries, I make my own tote bags for groceries and I make my own body oil, I save just about everything and reuse it some other way. It not only saves the enviroment, but you can save soooo much money.

There are so many things we are doing as a family to Go Green. Everything from using our KOR One water bottles in place of buying bottled water to using CFL lightbulbs throughout the house and really conserving our energy consumption. One thing I started doing recently is making my own household cleaning products. Here is a recipe I will share with everyone:It is a Creamy Soft Scrubber. You simply pour about 1/2 cup of baking soda into a bowl, and add enough liquid detergent to make a texture like frosting. Scoop the mixture onto a sponge, and wash the surface. This is the perfect recipe for cleaning the bathtub because it rinses easily and doesn't leave grit. Add 1 teaspoon of vegetable glycerin to the mixture and store in a sealed glass jar, to keep the product moist. Otherwise just make as much as you need at a time. I have been using this for the past 3 months or so and it works fabulously!Thank you for the opportunity to enter this wonderful GREEN giveaway!joannaonthelake@gmail.com

We use public transportation or walk everywhere. I always carry cloth bags. We have changed all of our lightbulbs to the energy saving ones. We put up a screen door that seals tight. We bought a set of High Efficiency Washer and Dryer. We recycle everything possible. We use travel mugs whenever we go to get coffee. Instead of buying water we have installed a Britta Water Filter, which saves money and the environment.

Natural cleansers like vinegar and baking soda do a great job without harming the planet. I use reusable grocery bags, recycle and compost and try to conserve gas by driving much less.Thank you for the opportunity to win!HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE !!!

I takes reuseable bags to the grocey.I wash my clothes in cold water.I have a compost pile.Irecycle just about everything.We have turned the thermonstatdown.I use energy saver lightbulbs.I use dishwasher only when it is full.We stay home more to save gas.We use bar soap instead of liquard lasts longer.CharlieGurl57@aol.com

We recycle, participate in clean up days for rivers and lakes, buy energy efficient appliances and bulbs, have a compost pile and have rain barrels to collect wwater for outside use. garrettsambo@aol.com

I think one of the most important parts of being green is educating others in how to be green. The three Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), as cliche as they may have become, are still just as important as ever. Simple things such as turning off lights when you leave the room, buying energy efficient lightbulbs, and unplugging appliances when they aren't in use, really do make a difference. I am amazed at the momentum the green movement has gained and I am happy to see green go mainstream!